Round 13: March 2014

[Gisbelle]

This is the battle between &

If you have read both of them, please vote for your favorite one below.

Divergent: 8
Ruined 0

[Marybeth]

I liked divergent even though the others were kind of a disappointment.

[Jay]

Divergent

[Katherine]

Divergent; we just aren't going to argue this one ;)

[Gisbelle]

I have read Divergent, but not the other one. And frankly, I'm not interested in reading it either. I guess I won't be able to vote this round.

[Kathy]

Divergent! No question!

I liked Ruined but this is really no contest! :D

[Gisbelle]

Now that everyone so far only voted for Divergent, it seals my decision :D Not gonna read The Ruined.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I've read book 2 of the Ruined series, but not book 1
so I'm kind of looking forward to reading book 1....

but I already know which way my vote will go :) lol

[Vicki]

I'm with you, Gis. I already read and loved Divergent but haven't read the other book, nor do I truly want to.

[Gisbelle]

Vicki wrote: "I'm with you, Gis. I already read and loved Divergent but haven't read the other book, nor do I truly want to."

*High five* :)

[[deleted user]]

Divergent, definitely.

[Lubelle]

I haven't read ruined but I loved divergent

[Abby]

DIVERGENT <3

[Virginie (chouettblog)]

Hi, I joined recently and read Divergent and loved it.
I am up for the next battle now.

[Gisbelle]

Virginie wrote: "Hi, I joined recently and read Divergent and loved it.
I am up for the next battle now."

Glad you enjoyed Divergent. It was a wonderful series :)

[Joshua]

Still reading Ruined, but Divergent is one of the top 5 YA series of all time so it's hard to go up against it. Books 2 and 3 were less amazing but Divergent is right up there with The Hunger Games.

[Gisbelle]

I totally agree with you, Joshua.

[Joshua]

Struggling with Ruined.

edit: I get annoyed with books where the following sequence takes place:

1) something major happens in the story
2) they half explain it, but say "we'll talk later"
3) everyone goes to bed and the next chapter has nothing to do with what just happened.

If I met a 150 year old ghost and the lady that I lived with knew about it then I'd want answers immediately.

It's one thing if no one knows what's going on, but when everyone knows except one person and the author fails to explain it I find it annoying.

/rant

[Lynn]

LOL Joshua, I had a similar problem

My vote goes to Divergent, no contest

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Yikes! I'm feeling a little better about not wasting my time on Ruined....

Thank you Joshua. Your warning alone makes me so glad I didn't read it. Well explained, thank you!

[Joshua]

Ruined was just too far fetched of a story.

Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) says a future dystopia is supposed to imply "If this goes on..." and we see a terrible outcome of hopefully what the future will (hopefully) never be because we as humans are very good at changing our future.

Divergent does this very well.